Latifa

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Latifa or Latifah is a female given name .

Origin and meaning

The name Latifa (h) comes from Arabic ( Arabic لطيفة, DMG Laṭīfa ) and means “friendly”, “pleasant”.

Another variant of the name is Lateefah .

Name bearers

Latifa

  • Latifa (singer) ( Arabic لطيفة بنت عليه العرفاوي, DMG Laṭīfa bt. ʿAlaiyah al-ʿArfāwī ; * 1961), Tunisian singer
  • Latifa Jbabdi (* 1955), Moroccan women's rights activist, sociologist and journalist
  • Latifa az-Zayyat ( Arabic لطيفة الزيات, DMG Laṭīfa az-Zayyāt ; 1923–1996), Egyptian writer

Latifah

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Latif. Retrieved May 12, 2019 .
  2. Feminine arabic names ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sudairy.com